Mrs. Rausch's Class: Fun in First Grade

Friday, March 14, 2014

Fun in First Grade

Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!!

Thank you to parents, grandparents, and other reading volunteers for making our reading volunteer party a SUCCESS!! Here are some pictures to highlight our day!

We celebrated Read Across America with several different activities including reading with Mrs. Mahr’s 1^st graders, Mrs. Kerian’s High School Friends, Mrs. Wilson’s 5^th Grade buddies, researching Dr. Seuss, writing our own books, making our own Dr. Seuss snacks, etc. Below are some pictures that highlight our week:

In math, we began unit 6 and in literacy we are finishing unit 4! This week we began working on our inquiry projects and will finish next week. We will begin unit 5 on Tuesday!

The junior high borrowed the “planetarium” from Keystone AEA and Mr. Knobloch was kind enough to give our class a tour. He showed us the Milky Way, the planets, other galaxies, and even some constellations!! Here are some pictures:

Let’s Look At Next Week:

Monday: Library

· Mrs. Rausch Absent (please call the office instead of emailing) *

Tuesday: Art

Wednesday: PE

Thursday: Music

Friday: PE

Reading Strategies

Determine Important Information

When students read, they should pick out the most important ideas. The most important ideas are the ones the author wants readers to remember.

Compare and Contrast

When we compare certain things, we tell how they are alike or the same. When we contrast things, we tell how they are different!!

Make Inferences

Making inferences helps readers make sense of what they read. Sometimes the author doesn't tell us everything we need to understand. We can use clues in the story and what we already know to help fill in gaps which the author has left in the text. This is called MAKING INFERENCES!

Identify Text Structure

Stories are set up in different ways. They usually are told in sequence, or the order in which events happen. Knowing how a story is set up, or its structure, can help a reader remember the story.

Identify Details & Facts

Finding small bits of information that tells us more about important ideas.

Making Predictions

Using clues from the story and what you already know to guess what will happen next.

Summarize

Tell in your own words what has happened in the story or text.

Ask and Answer Questions

Asking questions and looking for answers in the text or pictures will help you to understand what you read!

Facts and Opinions

Facts and be proven! They are TRUE!

Opinions are people's thoughts. They might not be true! When giving an opinion, you might hear "I think...."

Monitor Comprehension

Stop and think about what you are reading. Are you understanding what you are reading? If not, use an accuracy strategy to help.

Recall and Retell

Tell about the setting, characters and most important events in the beginning, middle, and end of the text. Readers gain a better understanding of what a story is about when they can recall events from a story.

Make Connections

Use what you already know to understand what you are reading. We use text to text connections. We use text to self connections. And we use text to world connections.

Mrs. Rausch's Class

Friday, March 14, 2014

Fun in First Grade

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